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sam stein of "the huffington post" is here, the most vice president heather mcghee and "rolling stone" editor ehrlich bates. >> despite a proverbial flat tire following a rocky week for the governor the romney/ryan campaign launches a bus tour through ohio. last night on cbs romney insisted his campaign will be making no u-turns. >> a lot of republicans would like to know a lot of your donors would like to know, how do you turn this thing around? >> it doesn't need a turn around. we have a campaign which is tied with an incumbent president of the united states. >> romney's bus has another pot hole to navigate around this week. the campaign released his 2011 tax documents on friday afternoon, along with a 20-year summary of his returns since 1990. the 2011 returns show the governor paid 14.1% in taxes, on over $13 million of investment income. president obama's campaign is already bringing romney's taxes back to the forefront releasing this ad in ohio today. >> mitt romney attacked 47% of americans who pay no income tax including veterans, elderly, the disabled. >> my job is not to wor
sam stein of "the huffington post" is here, the most vice president heather mcghee and "rolling stone" editor ehrlich bates. >> despite a proverbial flat tire following a rocky week for the governor the romney/ryan campaign launches a bus tour through ohio. last night on cbs romney insisted his campaign will be making no u-turns. >> a lot of republicans would like to know a lot of your donors would like to know, how do you turn this thing around? >> it...
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sam stein covers politics for "the huffington post." what do you make of these numbers we're getting that show definite strength in races we were seeing neck to neck. it looks like democrats are pulling ahead. >> the trend is pretty obvious. you're starting to see a reflex of that in the polls. one thing that's clear after the convention is the country by and large is buying into the fact that the economy wasn't as bad as republicans said it was. obama is doing as good if not better than mitt romney on the she of the economy. i think the country is looking at the democrat party and saying their platform is where we want to move the economy forward. the republicans had two years control of the house. we don't like what they did. maybe we should try something new. >> i wonder whether it was bill clinton's wonderful -- it wasn't just a rousing speech with a lot of applause lines, but it was the educational factor where he talked about what the president was stuck with back in '09. what he's been trying to do, and how it's working, if slowl
sam stein covers politics for "the huffington post." what do you make of these numbers we're getting that show definite strength in races we were seeing neck to neck. it looks like democrats are pulling ahead. >> the trend is pretty obvious. you're starting to see a reflex of that in the polls. one thing that's clear after the convention is the country by and large is buying into the fact that the economy wasn't as bad as republicans said it was. obama is doing as good if not...
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sam stein, and jerusalem based journalist tweeted get ready for 10,000 tweets about the absurd bomb chart. few new more than ambassador dennis ross. he served as the point man in the middle east process for george h.w. bush and bill clinton. he's a political analyst for msnbc. we're glad to have you, ambassador ross. we've seen never a speech like this at the u.n. by such a key, prominent leader. here's what tom brokaw said with it on "the daily rundown." >> think what they would say if president obama did something like or george w. bush or if mitt romney had made a speech and held up that kind of bomb and drew the line across it. it kind of boggles the mind, quite frankly. >> ambassador, what if this had been an american president doing something like this? >> well, i think obviously there's a certain backdrop to what happened during the whole question of -- during the bush administration of iraq. i think this was a kind of graphic way of trying to show something. would an american president do that at the u.n.? it's an open question. is it effective? if you're trying to explain an issu
sam stein, and jerusalem based journalist tweeted get ready for 10,000 tweets about the absurd bomb chart. few new more than ambassador dennis ross. he served as the point man in the middle east process for george h.w. bush and bill clinton. he's a political analyst for msnbc. we're glad to have you, ambassador ross. we've seen never a speech like this at the u.n. by such a key, prominent leader. here's what tom brokaw said with it on "the daily rundown." >> think what they...
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back with us, sam stein, kelly o'donnell, joshua green. in new york, mark hall principal and brian sullivan. mark, respond to this. charles krauthammer and "the washington post," charles, the patron saint of conservatives, the headline, go large, mitt. listen do this line. makes you think how far ahead romney would be if he were actually running a campaign, but his unwillingness to go big, to go for the larger argument is simply astonishing. and mark, charles goes on to say what many conservatives have said in the past several weeks, he's behind and continues to play small. >> he does and he continues to have days that don't really amount to much. yesterday they had sort of a veterans message and economy message doing events in virginia, but they can't wait for just the tee baits. conservatives want to see not just big events in terms of ideas but big events that grap the nation's attention. romney campaign is frustrated because all he asks about is the process, conservatives are waiting for mitt romney to be big in events and message, big
back with us, sam stein, kelly o'donnell, joshua green. in new york, mark hall principal and brian sullivan. mark, respond to this. charles krauthammer and "the washington post," charles, the patron saint of conservatives, the headline, go large, mitt. listen do this line. makes you think how far ahead romney would be if he were actually running a campaign, but his unwillingness to go big, to go for the larger argument is simply astonishing. and mark, charles goes on to say what many...
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. >> sam stein, this comparing mitt romney's performance to a baseball batting average has got to get this guy williamson fired by midnight tonight, right? >> i think he'll stay on the payroll, unfortunately. it's a bad analogy. mitt romney could have waited 12 hours, woken up and seen the news and said we all mourn the loss of life here but it's time to look at the president's strategy vis-a-vis the arab spring. the problem i think that romney has is that there's about three different factions within the republican party. there are people who are unpoll jetically pro international engagement. there are people who want to do it more subtly, more realistic. and then there are the people who are the ron paul types who want to disengage from the international community. he has to contend with three separate faction within his over party and i think they look at that and say it's a lot easier for us to go after president obama on character groinds, accuse him of sympathizing with the protesters. and that's where he gets in twubl. he's not being weighty. he's actively shying away from the
. >> sam stein, this comparing mitt romney's performance to a baseball batting average has got to get this guy williamson fired by midnight tonight, right? >> i think he'll stay on the payroll, unfortunately. it's a bad analogy. mitt romney could have waited 12 hours, woken up and seen the news and said we all mourn the loss of life here but it's time to look at the president's strategy vis-a-vis the arab spring. the problem i think that romney has is that there's about three...
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sam stein, thank you for your time. we hope that you have a portable facial fan to beat the heat down there. >> it's on me right now. thank you very much. >> thanks, my friend, for your time. >>> after the break, race and the race. is the gop's criticism of president obama's welfare policy a dog whistle on racial stereotyping? newt gingrich doesn't think so. >> food stamp president's a guy whose policies are so destructive he creates the longest unemployment since the great depression and he puts more people on food stamps, most of them white, than anybody else. why do you assume food stamp refers to black? what kind of racist thinking do you have? >> we will translate some of the coded language and explain the actual policy behind the rhetoric, next. ♪ constipated? yeah. mm. some laxatives like dulcolax can cause cramps. but phillips' caplets don't. they have magnesium. for effective relief of occasional constipation. thanks. [ phillips' lady ] live the regular life. phillips'. 100% natural ingredients like roasted p
sam stein, thank you for your time. we hope that you have a portable facial fan to beat the heat down there. >> it's on me right now. thank you very much. >> thanks, my friend, for your time. >>> after the break, race and the race. is the gop's criticism of president obama's welfare policy a dog whistle on racial stereotyping? newt gingrich doesn't think so. >> food stamp president's a guy whose policies are so destructive he creates the longest unemployment since the...
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his statement verged on something very dangerous for our troops. >> jon stoltz and sam stein, great to have you with us. >>> coming up, mitt romney isn't the only one dividing america between makers and takers. his running mate, paul ryan. i'm going to tell you something, this guy's an expert at that. i'll talk to democratic candidate challenging ryan for his house seat in wisconsin. >>> and over the last 30 years the rich have only gotten rich in this country. well, mitt romney's comments about the 47% resonate with the mega-wealthy? dean baker will join me. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." thanks for watching tonight. you know, there's a chance we could witness political history on november 6th. we could watch a candidate become a two-time loser in one night. congressman paul ryan will appear on the ballot twice in the state of wisconsin's first district, as mitt romney's vice presidential running mate and as a candidate for re-election in the house of representatives. two-time loser, could it happen? if romney fails to get elected and ryan is edged out in wisconsin, i mean, come o
his statement verged on something very dangerous for our troops. >> jon stoltz and sam stein, great to have you with us. >>> coming up, mitt romney isn't the only one dividing america between makers and takers. his running mate, paul ryan. i'm going to tell you something, this guy's an expert at that. i'll talk to democratic candidate challenging ryan for his house seat in wisconsin. >>> and over the last 30 years the rich have only gotten rich in this country. well,...
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>> sam stein -- >> sam's not little. he's a giant in the industry. >> he is a giant in the industry. >> he's a diminutive fellow, though -- >> you're turning into me. i'm going to start calling you mushka. >> what if he's wearing socks today. >> why does it always come back to my appearance? >> because you do have that -- >> sam feels objectified. >> we're going back to our hogwartz cam in a minute, but let's do sports. >> let's do sports. peyton manning led the broncos, deemed as super bowl contenders, but last night's game against the falcons giving everybody pause. third play from scrimmage in the game. manning looking for jacob tamme, picked off, moore returns it all the way to the one, michael turner would punch that for if the falcons, 7-0, atlanta, early on, next broncos possession -- >> i'm sure he gets revenge. >> steps in front of it and he's going the other way. >> redemption -- >> triple coverage. >> how about this? still in the first quarter, broncos start to put a drive together, but manning overthrows it.
>> sam stein -- >> sam's not little. he's a giant in the industry. >> he is a giant in the industry. >> he's a diminutive fellow, though -- >> you're turning into me. i'm going to start calling you mushka. >> what if he's wearing socks today. >> why does it always come back to my appearance? >> because you do have that -- >> sam feels objectified. >> we're going back to our hogwartz cam in a minute, but let's do sports. >> let's...
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and white house correspondent for the huffington post, sam stein, explaining how the red sox are still going to win the world series. and anchor for bb world news america, catty kay. so great to have everybody with us. willie, i was looking at the clips of mitt romney from his political performance last night. i thought he did pretty well. you have so many people talking about how this race is over, and you hear it wherever you go. we've got a long way to go. and if romney can right his ship, anything possible. that said, a flurry of polls out this morning that are just absolutely devastating for mitt romney. if he's going to turn that corner, it looks like he's going to have to turn it pretty quickly. >> yeah, he did what a lot of people like you called for him to do which is to step into those remarks he said. a lot of conservatives said you said it, it's on tape, now embrace it. there's critical battleground states that don't look so good. joe, you want to take a look at some of these? >> first of all, willie, why don't we look at these fox news poll numbers because they are the bat
and white house correspondent for the huffington post, sam stein, explaining how the red sox are still going to win the world series. and anchor for bb world news america, catty kay. so great to have everybody with us. willie, i was looking at the clips of mitt romney from his political performance last night. i thought he did pretty well. you have so many people talking about how this race is over, and you hear it wherever you go. we've got a long way to go. and if romney can right his ship,...
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his statement verged on something very dangerous for our troops. >> jon stoltz and sam stein, great to have you with us. >>> coming up, mitt romney isn't the only one dividing america between makers and takers. his running mate, paul ryan. i'm going to tell you something, this guy's an expert at that. i'll talk to democratic candidate challenging ryan for his house seat in wisconsin. >>> and over the last 30 years the rich have only gotten rich in this country. well, mitt romney's comments about the 47% resonate with the mega-wealthy? dean baker will join me. in america today we're running out of a vital resource we need to compete on the global stage. what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone's ready with the know how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu/knowhow. ♪ droid does. and does it launch apps
his statement verged on something very dangerous for our troops. >> jon stoltz and sam stein, great to have you with us. >>> coming up, mitt romney isn't the only one dividing america between makers and takers. his running mate, paul ryan. i'm going to tell you something, this guy's an expert at that. i'll talk to democratic candidate challenging ryan for his house seat in wisconsin. >>> and over the last 30 years the rich have only gotten rich in this country. well,...
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his statement verged on something very dangerous for our troops. >> jon stoltz and sam stein, great to have you with us. >>> coming up, mitt romney isn't the only one dividing america between makers and takers. his running mate, paul ryan. i'm going to tell you something, this guy's an expert at that. i'll talk to democratic candidate challenging ryan for his house seat in wisconsin. >>> and over the last 30 years the rich have only gotten rich in this country. well, mitt romney's comments about the 47% resonate with the mega-wealthy? dean baker will join me. ♪ what are you doing? uh. who taught you how to do this stuff? you! all right! i learned it by watching you! [ male announcer ] parents who skim, have kids who skim. kraft macaroni & cheese. you know you love it. oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those mugs. can't let 'em see what you're drinking. you know, i'm glad
his statement verged on something very dangerous for our troops. >> jon stoltz and sam stein, great to have you with us. >>> coming up, mitt romney isn't the only one dividing america between makers and takers. his running mate, paul ryan. i'm going to tell you something, this guy's an expert at that. i'll talk to democratic candidate challenging ryan for his house seat in wisconsin. >>> and over the last 30 years the rich have only gotten rich in this country. well,...
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with me now is jeffrey toobin, author of "the oath," and white house correspondent sam stein. jeff, thank you for joining us. i can only assume this is one of the best written books of its kind because you are one great writer. i read "the nine." i don't know how you escaped law school. you know how to put sentences together and also make it fun and easy and enjoyable to read without getting into jargon. congratulations again. >> thank you. >> i want you to be a tutor to the voter out there, not just women, gays, minorities, but everybody who cares about civil rights, cares about the kind of country we live in. what's at stake, say romney wins for two four-year terms, gets eight years, a shot at picking justices, or president obama gets four more years, what's at stake in those periods of time for the future of the country? >> does the constitution still protect a woman's right to choose abortion? may a university use race in admission? may congress regulate campaign spending at all or are we going to continue to deregulate campaigns like citizens united? will there still be a
with me now is jeffrey toobin, author of "the oath," and white house correspondent sam stein. jeff, thank you for joining us. i can only assume this is one of the best written books of its kind because you are one great writer. i read "the nine." i don't know how you escaped law school. you know how to put sentences together and also make it fun and easy and enjoyable to read without getting into jargon. congratulations again. >> thank you. >> i want you to be a...
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with me now is jeffrey toobin, author of "the oath," and white house correspondent sam stein. jeff, thank you for joining us. i can only assume this is one of the best written books of its kind because you are one great writer. i read "the nine." i don't know how you escaped law school. you know how to put sentences together and also make it fun and easy and enjoyable to read without getting into jargon. congratulations again. >> thank you. >> i want you to be a tutor to the voter out there, not just women, gays, minorities, but everybody who cares about civil rights, cares about the kind of country we live in. what's at stake, say romney wins for two four-year terms, gets eight years, a shot at picking justices, or president obama gets four more years, what's at stake in those periods of time for the future of the country? >> does the constitution still protect a woman's right to choose abortion? may a university use race in admission? may congress regulate campaign spending at all or are we going to continue to deregulate campaigns like citizens united? will there still be a
with me now is jeffrey toobin, author of "the oath," and white house correspondent sam stein. jeff, thank you for joining us. i can only assume this is one of the best written books of its kind because you are one great writer. i read "the nine." i don't know how you escaped law school. you know how to put sentences together and also make it fun and easy and enjoyable to read without getting into jargon. congratulations again. >> thank you. >> i want you to be a...
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. >> sam stein tells me she tore the house down, lit the woods on fire. >> almost as much as obama. she had everyone going saying how many auto jobs that saved her state, the crowd was in her hand. the hand gestures were amazing in their own right. you shouldn't speak. just -- >> i love it. >> goodness gracious. with us msnbc "time" magazine's senior political analyst mark halperin. national affairs editor for "new york" magazine and local analyst john heilemann and political editor and white house correspondent for "the huffington post," sam stein. >> let's get to it, on a scale of 1 to 73, how did the president do, mark? >> i thought it was surprising. he was -- couldn't say he was the best speaker even last night, let alone during the convention. it was a fine speech. i don't think it's going to cost him anything. it was surprising to me that there was nothing new in it in terms of policy and it did very little to position himself to, if he wins, i still think he has a better than 50% chance of winning -- >> especially after this week. >> to help govern the country. i think he wi
. >> sam stein tells me she tore the house down, lit the woods on fire. >> almost as much as obama. she had everyone going saying how many auto jobs that saved her state, the crowd was in her hand. the hand gestures were amazing in their own right. you shouldn't speak. just -- >> i love it. >> goodness gracious. with us msnbc "time" magazine's senior political analyst mark halperin. national affairs editor for "new york" magazine and local analyst...
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sam stein, you want in? jump in. >> yeah. i just want to remark on how incredible it is that we're still talking about mitt romney's tax returns. i think this is, like, six months into this. it started in the republican primary, obviously, when he released one year and it escalated over the summer and it's culminated in this release. and it looks like we'll be talking about it for a couple more weeks at least. and it shows an ineptitude on the part of the campaign to anticipate this as a problem. i mean, they could have dealt with this in a different manner, and they just didn't do it. and i think it's a real testament "a," to the ability of the obama campaign to keep the story going, but also to the ineptitude of the romney campaign to figure out how to do it before it blew up in their face. >> barnicle. >> that's one of two big mysteries i think a lot of people have about this campaign, why they didn't take three or four years of tax returns and dump them out last christmas eve. >> get it over with. >> he's been running for
sam stein, you want in? jump in. >> yeah. i just want to remark on how incredible it is that we're still talking about mitt romney's tax returns. i think this is, like, six months into this. it started in the republican primary, obviously, when he released one year and it escalated over the summer and it's culminated in this release. and it looks like we'll be talking about it for a couple more weeks at least. and it shows an ineptitude on the part of the campaign to anticipate this as a...
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. >>> up next, sam stein. first here's nbc meteorologist dylan dreyer. >> it sure was a noisy night last night with storms moving across the east coast. it was a powerful cold front, brought some areas wind gusts up to 40 to 60 miles per hour. now, you can see the starting to cool off on the backside of that front, so it is going to feel like fall as we go through this last week of summer. can you believe it? there's that rain exiting the east coast. it will still hang on across boston and northern new england through the morning, but you will see improvements through the rest of the day. also another minor cold front moving through minnesota. that's just going to knock back temperatures a little bit. a closer look at the rain. you can see it is exiting cape cod. new york city, we're starting to dry things out. we'll see increasing sunshine here as well. temperatures around 71 and then lower 70s down in the nation's capital. and then tomorrow, temperatures taking on that full-like feel. highs across the northe
. >>> up next, sam stein. first here's nbc meteorologist dylan dreyer. >> it sure was a noisy night last night with storms moving across the east coast. it was a powerful cold front, brought some areas wind gusts up to 40 to 60 miles per hour. now, you can see the starting to cool off on the backside of that front, so it is going to feel like fall as we go through this last week of summer. can you believe it? there's that rain exiting the east coast. it will still hang on across...
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michael steele, sam stein, heather mcghee and eric bates join us for a discussion on the ticking campaign clock. congress reaches a bipartisan agreement to skip town. luke russert breaks down the peace out on capitol hill. we'll have all of that when "now" starts in a mere 180 seconds. most of the pain i experience is in my knees. when i think of aspirin, i really think of it as that bottle in the back of my parents' medicine cabinet. finding bayer advanced was huge. i was really surprised by how well it worked. and i'd definitely use it again. put bayer advanced aspirin to the test for yourself at fastreliefchallenge.com. mom's smartphone... dad's tablet... or lauren's smartphone... at&t has a plan built to help make families' lives easier. introducing at&t mobile share. one plan lets you share data on up to 10 devices with unlimited talk and text. add a tablet for only $10 per month. the more data you share, the more you save. at&t. boring. boring. [ jack ] after lauren broke up with me, i went to the citi private pass page and decided to be...not boring. that's how i met marilyn... gia
michael steele, sam stein, heather mcghee and eric bates join us for a discussion on the ticking campaign clock. congress reaches a bipartisan agreement to skip town. luke russert breaks down the peace out on capitol hill. we'll have all of that when "now" starts in a mere 180 seconds. most of the pain i experience is in my knees. when i think of aspirin, i really think of it as that bottle in the back of my parents' medicine cabinet. finding bayer advanced was huge. i was really...
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senator sam nunn and martyfeld stein. senator, let me go to you. becky had the best question during the break, you suggest you have to get all this done together, meaning collectively, a grand bargain, a grand pack annu age. do you have any confidence in the world it could happen? >> i think it came close to happening last year so the answer is yes, i think it can happen. there are an awful lot of smart folks in the congress. they do not have the support. the ones trying to make it happen do not have the support from their leadership in either party and don't have support from their party base so we are polarized. we're not stupid. the people in the congress know what needs to be done and there's a growing group of them that are working together. you got the gang of six in the senate, you've got a couple of people now talking about in the senate doing what i think needs to be done which is to get rid of this disastrous cliff we've got january 1st where we fall off of it and have a very, very hard landing. nobody knows how hard, substitute something
senator sam nunn and martyfeld stein. senator, let me go to you. becky had the best question during the break, you suggest you have to get all this done together, meaning collectively, a grand bargain, a grand pack annu age. do you have any confidence in the world it could happen? >> i think it came close to happening last year so the answer is yes, i think it can happen. there are an awful lot of smart folks in the congress. they do not have the support. the ones trying to make it happen...